Canada, basically the tar sands, is going flat out to provide oil to the US – the companies who’s motto is “Securing Canada’s oil future” ships it’s total product south. There is a major plan afoot to ship the unrefined synthetic crude to the Gulf States for refining, rather than keeping the hi-tech (as in well paying) jobs at home. The refining capacity is just not built, yet.

There is somewhere around $40 billion in projects underway or on the books.

Indeed – Kristal so often rings the “right” number he is often wrong.

CBC radio interviewed a neighbour of the residence – he reported that it was an unremarkable house for the area. Given that Pakistan is not a hold-your-breath land of opportunity the definition of a mansion is probably influenced more by geography than by grandness. The theme of the piece was to investigate reactions to awaking one morning and finding your next door neighbour is the most wanted person in the world.

I think Ecclesiastes and Pete Seegar had more to do with ‘turn, turn, turn,’ than Roger McGuinn and his Byrds.

Yes, nobleJ ….. let him suffer death … death by 10,000 historians. (Felt the same wat about Saddam too).

Throughout BushCo’s tenure, so many things, one after another… watching their erosion of most anything standing in the way of thieves refilling rep coffers… they routinely, *routinely* exceeded my mind’s ability to imagine worst case scenarios.

Profoundly scary to think that Bush was more in touch with the essential elements of the economy than given credit. As a Texan in the oil business (he failed at sports)he must have been aware of some narco dollar floating in there.

As you say, jdmckay0, looking at it this way ‘does a lot of ‘esplain’in’.

Bloch is an attorney for Pete’s sake!

Will this effect his standing as a lawyer-person? I understand that lawyers do not look kindly upon having convicted peeps in their ranks.

Maybe he did – but:

. They already made headlines Thursday when they heckled Dick Cheney. And a group associated with Paul reportedly bought 1,000 tickets for supporters, ensuring a strong performance in the straw poll.

These are tea partiers, no less…. they also soundly boo’ed Rummy …. Maybe not the audience I would chose .. but his bs is being identified as BS.

http://www.salon.com/news/cpac/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/02/11/ron_paul_at_cpac

Meanwhile, Obama & Clinton dither because whatever beast comes galloping out of Egypt in the next month, they want America to be riding it.

It is obvious that the western governments are whole heartedly supporting the next-to-current happening:

a genuine uprising: ‘we support democracy.’
Mubarak must go: Change is needed.
the police disappear: Moderation is advised in dealing with the protesters
a torturer is appointed VP: We support Mubarak.

For the Leader of the Free World this leader is doing a lot of following.

Think you may have that backward there, ROTLs ….. more likely Fox is an avid observer of Bolton.

Here is the al Jazeera feeds …… 50,000 people in one venue alone.

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

It was obvious that the Pats fast offense was flummoxing the Jets ….. and, guess what – a rash of Jets injuries, the little dears were putting on displays seen only on soccer pitches ….. OH! oh! poor Jets.

Is there not penalty for general mucking about with pretend ailments?

That could be the meme for the weekend …. Flacco is a good, serviceable journeyman QB but Rogers is on his way to Brady/Manning/Roethlisburger city.

As for Ravens/Steelers …. methinks that were the game in a neutral venue, go Flacco, Suggs and Lewis. Were it in Baltimore the same …. but the kicker (no pun)is that it is in the land of the Three Rivers and Big Benjamin doth not take to losing there at all.

If yer a betting person … fer-get-it! last possession and probably a field goal wins it.

emptywheel called it spot on ….

“…just a bunch of guys shot up by a helicopter…no big deal…about two dozen more where that came from right…”

I thought I had seen the totality of that video …. where did these, “about two dozen more…..” come from …. they are in nothing I have seen.

Have I missed the finale?

Just chant to yourself:

“December 8: 45 – 3,
December 8; 45 – 3″

as you drop off to sleep.

Saw an rticle that asked him if all the things hw says at the line mean anything. He said most of them are just junk …. often the first thing he says will indicate to ignore everything until the third thing he says. So belizabub, green 47-A indicate only 47-A …. he makes up terms and stops to point at some member of the opposition to make them think he is communicating something.

All the folks that laughed when the Patriot lineman ran 70 yards must be yukking it up now ….. the whole freakin offensive line was 30 years downfield.

As usual, emptywheel ….. you hit the clown on the nose ….. it looks like Seattke has returned to the form that squeeked them into the playoffs, and Na’lines to the form that won them a Superbowl.

Even if Bush is off taking a pee break – they are dropping Hasselbeck’s passes like they contain a toxin.

“hangin tough”?

Start’in to look like a whoppin to me.